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SHIMON SAKAGUCHI

Nobel laureate in chemistry Susumu Kitagawa (left), and Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine Shimon Sakaguchi smile during a news conference in Stockholm on Thursday.
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2025
‘A great honor’: Japanese Nobel winners fondly recall award ceremony
“It was a great honor,” said Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Nobel laureate in chemistry Susumu Kitagawa poses with his award during the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2025
Japanese scientists Sakaguchi and Kitagawa receive Nobel Prizes
The total number of Japanese-born Nobel laureates, including those with U.S. nationality, is now 30.
Shimon Sakaguchi, one of the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, speaks during an interview in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 13.
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2025
Nobel winner Shimon Sakaguchi aims for effective cancer treatment
The University of Osaka professor has established startup RegCell in the United States to develop a therapy using regulatory T cells.
Japanese chemist Susumu Kitagawa, a Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 laureate, speaks at a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Sunday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2025
Nobel co-winner Susumu Kitagawa calls for funds for basic research
It takes around 25 years for basic research to produce results and put them to practical use, says the Kyoto University professor.
Shimon Sakaguchi (left), winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, speaks during a news conference in the suburbs of Stockholm on Saturday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 7, 2025
Nobel winner Sakaguchi stresses importance of medical science
Developing new treatments takes time, but he remains optimistic that his work will someday help those with various cancers and other health issues.
Doll-maker Kyugetsu unveiled its 2025 wooden paddles, featuring Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, on Wednesday in Tokyo’s Taito Ward.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2025
Hagoita paddles depicting newsmakers of 2025 unveiled
Wooden paddles featuring Shohei Ohtani, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and 10 others were unveiled by Tokyo-based doll-maker Kyugetsu on Wednesday.
Nobel Prize laureate Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a professor at Osaka University, is part of a team that has developed a technique to produce regulatory T cells that suppress excessive immune activity.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 29, 2025
Nobel winner’s team develops tech to make regulatory T cells
The team succeeded in turning T cells from mice suffering autoimmune diseases into stable regulatory T cells with a special culture method.
University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi (right), and Susumu Kitagawa, special professor at Kyoto University, attend a reception for Swedish Crown Princess Victoria hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2025
Japanese Nobel winners attend reception in Tokyo
It was the first time Shimon Sakaguchi and Susumu Kitagawa had appeared together in public since being named Nobel laureates last week.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of the University of Osaka, arrives for a news conference Monday night after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka Prefecture.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2025
Nobel laureate Sakaguchi urges support for science despite its ‘poor success rate’
The Nobel Prize winner engaged in research once considered dodgy or even dangerous, and he said he struggled to gain support for it early in his career.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
With medical breakthrough, 今日吃瓜 latest Nobel winner bucked convention
Shimon Sakaguchi’s unwavering conviction in the validity of his research paid off with the discovery of immune-regulating cells — and a Nobel Prize in medicine.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was awarded the prize along with two other scientists for their discovery concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.

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